Gerard Kerlin
Irish chess player (1910–1946)
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Gerard Joseph Kerlin (29 October 1910 – 12 June 1946) was an Irish chess player and two-times Leinster Chess Championship winner (1940, 1941).
Biography
In the end of 1930s to the mid-1940s Gerard Kerlin was one of the strongest Irish chess players. He three times participated in Irish Chess Championships (1937, 1939, 1940).[1] His best result in this tournament was shared 2nd - 3rd place in 1939. Gerard Kerlin two times in row won Leinster Chess Championships: 1940, and 1941. Also, he won Dunsany Premier in 1941.[2]
Gerard Kerlin played for Ireland in the Chess Olympiad:[3]
- In 1939, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+2, =7, -6).
